School for Scoundrels (1960 film)

School for Scoundrels
Original UK poster
Directed byRobert Hamer
Cyril Frankel (uncredited)
Hal E. Chester (uncredited)
Screenplay byPatricia Moyes
Hal E. Chester
Peter Ustinov (uncredited)
Frank Tarloff (uncredited)
Based onthe Gamesmanship series
by Stephen Potter
Produced byHal E. Chester
StarringIan Carmichael
Terry-Thomas
Janette Scott
Alastair Sim
CinematographyErwin Hillier
Edited byRichard Best
Music byJohn Addison
Production
companies
Distributed byWarner-Pathé Distributors (UK)
Release date
  • 24 March 1960 (1960-03-24) (UK)
Running time
97 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

School for Scoundrels (also known as School for Scoundrels Or How to Win without Actually Cheating) is a 1960 British comedy film directed by Robert Hamer (and, uncredited, Cyril Frankel and Hal E. Chester) and starring Ian Carmichael, Terry-Thomas, Janette Scott and Alastair Sim. It was inspired by the Gamesmanship series of books by Stephen Potter. The film has been remade twice: in Bollywood as Chhoti Si Baat (1975) and in Hollywood as School for Scoundrels (2006).